#0864 Mercedes AMG "Red Sau"

A Panther main battle tank would probably have cast just as great a shadow on the Spa-Francorchamps slope as the "Red Pig" did. The 300 SEL with a displacement of 6.8 liters seemed clearly oversized and extraterrestrial on the starting grid against the Capri RS, GTAs, 3.0 CS of this world. The departure of Helmut Kellener from Hockenheim's east curve was 14 days before the Belgian Eifel classic, the Spa 24 Hours. But AMG boss Aufrecht and his men straightened the middle section and reassembled the aircraft carrier for the Eau Rouge. The rest is history: the hitherto largely unknown Hans Heyer and Clemens Schicketanz placed the splendor in second place in the overall ranking and celebrated class victory. That's how legends are made.